2nd Annual "RED Day" Set to Lend a Hand in Eugene, Oregon. Keller Williams Realty Eugene & Springfield are part of a community service initiative in the US and Canada.
Eugene, Oregon — Keller Williams Realty associates may be taking the day off on Thursday, May 13, 2010, but it will hardly be a day of rest. Associates across the United States and Canada will spend their day off by giving back as part of the company’s community service initiative, RED Day.
Short for "Renew, Energize and Donate," RED Day was created to unite Keller Williams Realty offices and associates in an international day of service.
During RED Day 2009, over 25,000 Keller Williams associates participated in activities ranging from food and blood drives to cleaning up trash in public parks, doing yard work for neighbors in need or revamping gardens at nursing homes. Last year on RED Day, the company donated over 130,000 hours.
As part of the RED Day effort, Keller Williams Realty Eugene & Springfield has chosen to spend the day with two very important Organizations.
1. CASA - "We will be doing a direct mailer asking for CASA volunteers. CASA has 1000 children in Lane County but only 300 have a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). CASA volunteers are appointed by judges to watch over and advocate for abused and neglected children, to make sure they don't get lost in the overburdened legal and social service system or languish in an inappropriate group or foster home. They stay with each case until it is closed and the child is placed in a safe, permanent home. For many abused children, their CASA volunteer will be the one constant adult presence - the one adult who cares only for them. So this mailer asking for CASA volunteers is very important to our community and in desperate need of getting out."
2. Relief Nursery - This organization is committed to keeping children safe from abuse and neglect. At the core of the Relief Nursery is the belief in focusing on, and building upon, the strength of each individual family. From crisis response, to therapeutic classrooms, to alcohol and drug recovery support, this organization works to keep children in our community safe from abuse and neglect. "We will be helping out their facility by doing manual labor here. We will be cleaning the classrooms, buses (inside and out), landscape maintenance, cleaning the sand box and playground equipment, power washing, etc. Anything they need us to do we will do."
If you would like more information about our Red Day event or would like to make donations or volunteer please don't hesitate to contact me. Have a fabulous day!